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Need Lawyer Recommendation for EB-3 and H-1B visa from F-1

Hi all,

This is my first post here so if I did anything incorrectly please kindly point it out to me!

As the title said, I'm currently under F-1 (STEM OPT) and it expires 2023 February. I'm currently looking at lawyer recommendations for the EB-3 and H-1B application process. I'm from Malaysia so there's no backlog for GC application but I saw from a thread here that it might take longer for GC to be approved since it's COVID, and it'll be better if I could apply both H-1B and EB-3 at the same time.

I've brought this conversation with my employer and he seems fine with sponsoring me, but I do need to give him a rough cost break down for those applications. From my knowledge I think H-1B would cost more (if I opt in for premium processing for both of them)? I think it cost about 10k for H-1B (including attorney) and around 7k for EB-3. I'm also not sure if I could consolidate the cost of attorney if I prepare both application at the same time, I know I can only submit my application for H1-B on April but I can prepare them before hand right? If anyone who has vast knowledge on this side I would greatly appreciate it as well! I wanted to give him an easy cost breakdown but at the same time not over-estimating in case he'll be shocked by the numbers.

If he does sponsor me, I'll be the first employee in the company to have receive EB-3 or H1-B, so I don't think the Public Law 114-113 Fee applies to me.

Thanks for reading through and thanks in advance if you responded to this thread, I greatly appreciate any help!

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